PODCAST | Look After Yourself, And Your Supercoach Team
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Patch and Lek get real for a bit to talk about looking after yourself in these – dare we say it – trying times. It’s a rough old world, make sure you’re looking after yourselves.
After a few minutes of Real Talk, the boys dissect Tom Stewart and Mitch Duncan, look at Sam Draper and a few other trade-in and trade-out options.
Let us know what you’re looking to do this week, and – as mentioned – look after yourself if you’re feeling down.
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My first trade is Taylor to Draper, so I have cover for Max. Then I'm looking at Brander to Skinner or Bell, then I can afford to go Rankine to Dusty. I was going to keep Rankine for a few more weeks, but trading him is the only way I can get Dusty, who seems to have hit some form in the past three weeks.
Dusty is back to being Dusty.
You don’t need cover for Max in best 18
You do if you only have 18 playing.
Trade or hold rankine?
No need to trade him, could be handy over next 2 rounds as he can go big, or not.
If he goes big you get his score, if not he may be outside of the top 18, and not count.
He probably won’t make much more coin, BE is 70.
Rankine's BE is 76 the same as his average. Usually when they hit that it's time to trade them out, but I agree there is no real reason to trade him just yet. I just have to if I want to get Dusty in, since he is my highest priced rookie in my fwd/mid lines.
I suspect I'll be moving him on, but he's shown he can score – I wouldn't be too bothered by holding him
In best 18 you keep him. He has ability to get a big score. He is a free swing for the next two weeks
Hurn, Hill, Conroy out…. Duncan, Draper,Skinner in
Or
Hurn, Yeo, Brander out…. Duncan, Stewart,Skinner in
If you have Max, option one, if you don't, option two.
Yeah brought in Maxy last week 🙄
Oh dear, I feel your pain.
I’m thinking hurn and yeo out for dusty and stew. The wrangles have been scoring poorly at SC and I think underscored (CD).
Love ur work boys. As always shining some light into this strange old winter.
Lek I feel touched that u spoke up, I'm having a sh#t old time too with mental health and I know what courage it takes to say something. I love ya mate, things always turn around as long as we look after each other. I laugh that we get saturated by media and input from every direction and the most genuine and helpful and heartfelt broadcast message I've got in months comes from a fantasy footy podcast! Kicking goals boys kicking goals!!
great pod as usual
<3 love ya Tofa, look after yourself mate. this community's always here for you
Appreciate it Tofa, hope you're looking after yourself
thanks boys. yeah I'm on the headspace app and eating healthy and exercising and all that jazz.
more importantly my Power boys had a heroic comeback against the bullies 😁
Also just wanted to say if anyone is feeling isolated and wants to write or set up a call or skype email me on tophcoombs @ gmail . com
I'm not a counselor or anything – just a bloke – but I'm a great listener and the offer is there if u wanna talk about the game or anything else 🙂
Good onya mate, good stuff. And good on you Lek for having the courage to speak out about it & continuing on with the podcast.
Rozee looked good tonight. Was at quite a few centre bounces. Wines and Boak were given long rests. Very cheap now.
Lek i am a psychologist and %100 commend you for speaking out to help combat depression and anxiety. My opinion of you was already so high, but I now regard you as one of the best people and advocates of mental health, at least in my world. Regardless of SC talk (im currently ranked top 100 and desperate for advice), you are an absolute legend. I also recommend downloading a mindfulness app or looking up guided meditation on you tube
You're a legend Jess!
He's a beautiful human, our Lekdog. We're lucky to have him.
Skinner or bell?
I'm going Bell.
Hang in there Lek. The sh1t will come right. Remember, the SC Gods love you. Thanks for your words and efforts.
Thanks fellas. One of the best pods you’ve done.
Highlight was “my whole strategy is based on SC giving me more trades than I have” – funny because it’s true
Gawn to play
Would you put the VC on him? I’ve currently got Neale/Grundy
Onya Lek, Patch.
Jock would be proud of youse.
Love ya Ranger
C Taylor to miss up to 3 weeks
Punted him last week. No wakkin farries!
Same here…thank Farg 😉
Punted him for smith last week. 😉
C Taylor out for 3 weeks.
On the chopping block if you've still got him
Here's my team community, would really appreciate some advice on trades this week.
DEF: Sicily, Daniel, Ridley, Docherty, Doedee, Hurn (BZT, Gould)
MID: Danger, Steele, Titch, Brayshaw, Bont, Cripps, Simpson, Pickett (Bennell, Close, Robertson)
RUCK: Gawn, Grundy (Xerri)
FWD: Whitfield, Dusty, B Smith, D Smith, Georgiadis, Rankine (Hill, Cavarra)
I've got 20 trades and 45.5k in the bank.
Thanks guys 👍
20 trades left?!! How?!
Made no trades in rounds 1, 3 and 4 😂
You’ve got bench not making much money.. Hill down to Skinner, Xerri to Radler, Dev Smith to Duncan via Brayshaw or close
Trade some more non-playing rooks to playing ones next week.
Draper not Radler
the big one you are missing is Petracca.
sell everything to get him in.
No Bye
Crows this week.
which Brayshaw is that in the guts?
You would have to assume the one from Freo. I have him in the middle as well, waiting to be moved to the fwd line when ready.
Yeh Ive got Andrew, waiting for a chance to swing him forward
thoughts on Simpkin?
is he washed up or will he come good again?
Not sure he is 100% fit. But i'm holding for now and regularly sacrificing to the SC Gods. 5 chickens, 2 deer and a bull, since his latest spud score. Hopefully it wont require a human sacrifice. Expect a turnaround soon.
I traded him to Dusty this week Tofa, so hold Simpkin and he'll score 130+
Usual rules still apply Tofa
Upgrade rookies first, then luxury trade ya Smith, Simpkin types if you can.
Time to go.
Gawn for myself might be gawn!
you are getting rid of Gawn?
It’s my plan! O’Brien Goldy Grundy next 3 weeks. I can bring in 2 premo players now for him think that might be better going fwd for now! Could be bad but Shake n bake!
That's a bit of a Shakey Sharky move right there shake, just hope Gawny doesn't go 185 the week you do it.
That.s a bold move Shake 150 pts is a lot to make up
Definitely! I’ll just ride my luck and hope over the next 3 rds he won’t go that big! Im sure l can make it up with the players I’ll bring in. And u never know another sub 100 big $ drop. Just one of those yrs Neil thinking outside the box
Nice move Shake!
I did it with Grundy earlier. got Tracca and Haynes and Pitto.Not sure if i won but got Grundy back cheaper Go for it
Should I go Xerri to Draper and Smith to Duncan or Rankine to Draper via Xerri dpp and Smith to Neale/Petracca?
The second option for me.
Cheers mate.
Petracca with the bye and playing Crows this week give the second one the edge.
Yeh I reckon that's a good idea thanks mate.
Who would you trade? (cash wise its one or the other via swing to get Stewart, no other cheap dud rookies i have)
Stephen Hill 266k (BE 30)
or
Izak Rankine 278k (BE 76)
Rankine/Hill F7 (via dpp), S.Sturt F8.
Already have 3 corpses on the mid bench not getting a game + Sturt/Brander
Will Hill be playing next week? Would like to make another 20+k before booting him but dont want to hold him if he wont be playing.
I'd get rid of Hill first, Rankine could still deliver some nice scores and maybe even in your League final if you hung onto him and looped him or had to use him.
I dumped Rankine. He's a bit of a one trick pony, I reckon. The hype doesn't match the output. Moreover, think the Suns might get flogged this weekend (said as a true blue GC fan).
See what you mean about him, he seems to only want to do spectacular things, if he ain't feeling too spectacular on the day, then maybe nothing happens score-wise.
I'd actually like to see him get a run in the midfield to see what kind of magic he could conjure up.
I have the same dilemma regarding Rankine, was all set to dump him this week, but now I'm thinking it's better to trade out a player not getting a game, like Green or Brander. I probably won't make my mind up until just before tonight's game.
Dumping Rankine (As Hill will be back this week from all reports and will be upgraded to Z.Williams after GWS bye) as I would have to trade him in a week or 2 anyway.
He just might Russty!!
Anything goes this year bud…may as well try some crazy shit, for me…I'm just gonna try and make any top 8 in my leagues, but even that'll be a stretch so at worst, it's a practice run for next season.
Sorry about the rookie question, but I'm just wondering if can we use bench spots to loophole in best 18 rounds?
Or are players on the bench completely excluded from the scoring?
Hey Dan. Yep, can still loophole. Can use players with byes as the loophole, too.
That's great, thanks for that!
Same question Thx Jorg
I have Georgiades as my F6/7 for now. Reckon he's a gun in the making. Such a good leap.
He's turned out to be a very good rookie, one I missed out on.
The Dees wanted him badly and tried to trade up to pick 20 to get him Settled on Rivers when they couldn't do a deal A very good player
James Bell worth getting in this week or hold out for better rookies?
Great pod lads.
Hey guys whats the best option:
Option 1:
Trade OUT: C.Taylor, S.Hill & Budarick
Trade IN: Draper, Skinner & Duncan
Remaining Cash = $69,000 & 12 trades left
Option 2:
Trade Out: C.taylor & Starcevich
Remaining Cash: $2500 & 13 trades left
Trade In: Draper & Stewart
starcevich is infield currently
Doedee's in and named on field yay!
And Bennell named on field…McPherson 'Managed'
Wonder if McPherson will find a way back in?
Im not worried about Mcpherson, was playing very solidly, I think he comes back in next week
I hope so, I only got him in last week, for his JS.
Simpson, Bennell or close on field this week?
On his scores from 4 games SS, I'd say Simpson, 3 good scores and one 49
Cheers rusty. I agree. Although whenever I go with the ‘proven’ scorer it seems to backfire. A bit like backing the favourite…
Honestly can't decide whether to get Duncan, Neale or Petracca 😩 is Neal worth an extra 150k?
Yes but only because he is a captain option every week.
Neale is worth 800k the way he's playing this year mate…his figures are Ablett in his prime-like.
i have 5 defenders out this week with the bye, so im planning on stewart and need a playing rookie. Do we reckon sholl or payne?? or will keane get another chance? need a cheap option :/
I don’t even reckon Keane should get another game mate, he was terrible against Freo. Out of the two I’d go Sholl, had good previous SANFL numbers and in an Adelaide team where if you can walk, you should stay in the team. Know nothing about Payne but will be tough to stay in and around that Lions team. Cheers mate
yeah keane was abysmal last week. surprised he got 42 honestly. to be fair though it was a tough game to debut in. Sholl defintely looks like the best option at the moment but im hoping someone like a gould might debut etc. gonna have to pull the trigger before geelong play tomorrow
It wasn’t just that Keane played badly, his Game Sense was non-existent. He was out of his depth. I Will be astounded if he gets another game. That said. Pies have a few passengers at the moment so who knows!
Just listened to the pod fellas, well said on all counts, glad we have the footy and SC to help keep us sane(ish).
Speaking of sane..my trades.
Rankine, MacInerny and MacPherson out.
Skinner, Stewart and Dusty in.
Got some tough matchups this week:
Ranger
Holt
Russty × 2
Shaker
JohnDJ
Baron
Good luck everyone 👍🍻
Yeah Hedski a mighty pod worth keeping. Funny i play most of the leagues owners.That skinner boy will develope Dion – not the worst good luck NDD
You should be fine against me hedski, I'm having trouble fielding 18.
I’ve got same problem this week. Have 4 premiums out. Decided not to make any trades and take a few hits, wait for some cows to fatten and aim for a few premiums coming off their byes
Have about the same amount of premiums out, I was looking alright until McPherson was 'managed' and I only brought him in last week for his JS.
Chad, Titch, Sicily and Docherty are out.
Houston already spud up.
Leaves the mouse brigade, headed by Aarts, Pickett, Bennell, Budarick, close, Rankine and Devon, all scores to count this week.
Current rank of 905 will take another hit.
All tough matches mate except me this year. Hopefully I put up some competition this week
Yep we meet again! Played you last week to Hedski. Good luck 😉
You'll probs smash me Hed, everyone else does LOL
We love ya Heski, thanks for always chatting to everyone on the site!
Cheers Lek your a good egg!
Haven't had much time spare lately, been super busy, I'll try to get on a bit more often.
Hmm only got 8 minutes to decide. Do I go Rankine out to Skinner, Hosie or Schoenberg? Gotta do it before the game to go Starcevich to Stewart
i think hosie is the best bet, schoenberg is almost guaranteed gametime considering adelaide will play the kids but hosie is mature age so might do well as well. imo any of the two besides skinner.
Cheers Sal. Ended up going Hosie as I love the way mature agers go about it and him being named on field now that Curtis Taylor is injures. Good call mate, I knew nothing about any of the two new debuting rookies haha
yeah i love me a mature age rookie. im going to keep an eye on schoenberg this week as well
Nearly traded in Skinner tonight. Held off. Thank fark. He has done bugger all in the first quarter. Mc Cluggage better get his rear end in gear. I have him. Pathetic first quarter by the suitcase.
I traded him in to raise cash. I can live with him scoring badly when its best of 18 and his score gets cut. But in hindsight it was a tactical mistake.
I already have two non-players clogging my fwd bench. If he gets dropped next week, I will have three non players in my fwd line, forcing me to get rid of one at a low price in the next couple of weeks. I would have been better to take the risk with a fresh rookie on another line.
How did he outscore Dusty? Dusty had 11 score involvements.
Yeah didn't get Skinner but feel for those who did, McBags turned out all right for ya mate 114 very noice!
Accidentally put Neale as captain given the madness of the current set up – don't want to jinx him, but he's looking pretty good at half time!
Nice whoops. 🙊
You could do worse Fionn, than accidentally leave the C on Neale mate haha
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You are ! 🙂
The Suitcase has responded. Good man. Who still owns (F)aarts? Not sure why he is still there on my bench, but I will take the cash.
Guess who traded out baker and the suitcase this week? At least I put the e on aarts. Sigh 😔
Silver! Mc Cluggage kicks the footy like a Rolls Royce. Smooth and in tune. Nails targets. Hope you get him back next year. TH
Never bought Farts…used to like watching Peter Aerts fight though in the Japanese K1 Championship, he was a beast.
Has been handy last couple of weeks Hawk
Nice bonus Shake.
How do I send to the bench for Aarts-
Rankine or D. Cameron?
I'd say Rankine cause if he doesn't get goals he doesn't score, at Least Cameron can get some Rucking stats.
Any chance of kicking a goal lions?
Kicked first 2 in first 5 mins.
2.15 for the next 2 qtrs.
Dusty and lions starting to roar…
Don’t you mean Dusty & Tigers are roaring
Yes indeed 👍
My bad
I always get lions and tigers confused
I
Jesus!…I just saw that goal Skinner should've kicked in the 2nd quarter from the centre edge of the goal square, how the hell does anyone miss a goal from there?…LOL
Ans: he plays for the lions. 🤣
I could've kicked that goal with my farm boots on.
Need a McInerney/Gould miracle
It's ok trades, this year we all of a sudden have byes, after there were no byes, and a pandemic that could end the season at any time, and 4 extra trades, and hubs and teams living like they're in an army camp, and a shortened season, and finals starting round 14, and player's performances affected by those said hubs, shortened seasons and byes.
You don't need a miracle cause the fact that this season is still running is a miracle in itself…just be happy we still have Footy and are not slaughtering eachother in the streets.
I'm having a shit year in Supercoach but I don't care cause I wasn't really focusing on it like I normally do.
I had to sell 2 houses and wind up a 22 year old business because of all this shit, I now have no income and no future…LOL, dem's the breaks I guess.
Sorry to hear that Russty, I remember you saying that you had some changes over summer and had sold a house, I think, but didn't realize the extent of it.
Fremantle could see the returns of forward Jesse Hogan (calf), midfielder James Aish (concussion) and defender Stephen Hill (adductor) for Monday night’s clash against Hawthorn at Optus Stadium.
In this week’s Envision Medical Imaging injury update, high performance manager Jason Weber said all three faced fitness tests this week.
“Jesse trained really strongly on the weekend so we’re looking forward to seeing him back a bit later in the week,” Weber said.
“Aishy jumped through a few hoops this morning but he looks up and ready to go so he’ll be in Thursday (for main training).
“Stephen trained really strongly this morning so he’s up and about and ready to go.”
Weber said Fremantle would give midfielder Michael Walters more time to recover from a hamstring injury.
“Michael will probably be another week. Obviously we want to look after him and make sure he’s ready to go at full steam when he comes back,” Weber said.
Midfielder Stefan Giro (ankle) could be back playing football within the fortnight.
“Stef’s very close to returning to the group and we should see that by the end of this week,” Weber said.
Weber was pleased with how captain Nat Fyfe has pulled up after making his return from a hamstring injury against Collingwood in round nine.
“Nat pulled up well,” Weber said.
“We were very happy with his game output. It was certainly one of his best outputs for the year.
“He trained really well on the back of the hamstring strain. He was very well conditioned and prepped for the weekend and we look forward to him continuing that form.”
Onya Nuts…you're a wealth of info mate, much appreciated.
Yep come in handy rd 11
Just listened to the pod.
Spot on fellas.
It is shite out there at moment. We all need to take care and lean on family and friends when you need to. You are NOT alone.
As a bit of relief I am working on a song about the AFL and the current situation.
Vocals are a bit rough but makes it authentic I guess.
Once finished and happy with it will send it through so you all can have a listen and a chuckle!
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Hopefully we'll hear it at a Grand Final one day Trig, and not Meatloaf ever again.
What was that song Meatloaf sings?
Ahh that's right.
"I'd sing anything for Gil but I can't sing that"
Jeez that was excruciating eh? By the time they wheeled Meatloaf out it wasn't that he wouldn't sing that, he just physically couldn't sing that!
Trigga I can't wait to hear the song haha love ya mate
Love it Trigga, can't wait to hear it!
ok…..I'll be the first to say it……….do I take Neale's 149……….or do I run with **insert alternate premo here**………….hahaha
My cut off is 149.5 so no, don't accept it Jugs…Neale is a spud 😉
I'm gonna Neale before the Danger is Gawn.
Neale disappeared in the last quarter (when game was lost). He could have gone massive, instead of just really really large.
Yep. At least he scored well for us before then. I don't whether he spent time on the bench, or if he got moved.
With the tight game schedule, it is going to be interesting to see what coaches do with star players when the result is beyond doubt.
Noticed you have the vc on Oliver.
was watching Neale go big, but then he just stopped.
I have VC on Oliver against the Crows. It could be a big day out for Oliver.
I have a weak team this week with plenty of my premiums out because of the bye, Oliver is a bit of a hail mary.
have a feeling gawn will take it easy, especially if the game looks won early.
backup C is Grundy against alir
You can't have very many premos out Derek. Blues, Hawks, Dockers and eagles only have about 4 genuine premos between this year.
i'm a bit of a drama-queen this week.
ive got 4 out
chad, titch, sicily and Doch.
just to add, Houston has already stunk it up.
aarts has covered the Chad
If you were just watching the game and went to the sc scores after it, you would have thought Dusty was nearly 30pts better than Neale.
So far at HT the VC on Clarry is looking good Derek. 75pts
Yeah what's with that slacker ay?…only 149, almost not good enough lol
i was watching him and he just kept getting the ball. 'look neales got it again' my son kept saying as he realised i hadn't put the c on him and he had.
OK Community. I am going to take a punt today and go early on one of these 3 to raise cash;
1- Harry Schoenberg
2- Lachlan Hosie
3- Lachlan Sholl
I reckon Bryce Gibbs career is virtually over after getting dumped again. I am leaning towards Harry Schoenberg. From what I hear, this kid can play. What do others reckon? Cheers. TH
It's a real toss up there TH Personally I would agree a Harry in the hand is worth 2 Lachlans from the bush
Cant you wait a week, by getting one of them you will raise cash, but could be trading them out again next week.
Surely there is someone that has played the game at the top level that you could select.
Thanks mate. I hear what you are saying, but I want Tom Stewart so need to raise cash now. Will wait to see what rooks are named for tomorrow's 2 matches before making a final call. Hopefully a bubble boy or two. Cheers, TH
Does any Kangas supporters or anyone know anything about Hosie or Walker and what roles they play, Cheers Gator
isn't he the cat that played for the lions bald chb? Surely you gonna take neale's score not Max. Cripps looks appealing next week hasn't been terrible ,a bit like bont
Lachlan Hosie and Will Walker are rookies for north that are named for today against the cats
poor Patch, only has Docherty out this week and has 7 playing rookies on his bench (only has McInnerney and Cavarra as possible C loopholes). With so many premiums playing he might have to not count a really good score and he won't be able to loophole any rookies this week. i really feel sorry for him.
that's what a good team at the pointy end looks like. sigh
Yeah feel so bad for him
I'll have you know Darcy Cameron's been DROPPED and the sky is falling in. I don't know how my team will go on. Dark times indeed.
Gday guys, sitting up in the rankings at the highest I’ve ever been all thanks to the positivity, knowledge and tuitalage of the JR website. I know it’s a tough time for all (in VIC), but this silly game that brings us all together improves life just a little bit. You all just keep being your awesome selves 🙂 cheers
You are going huge TBone, well done on such a awesome season.
Great work with your ranking this year Tbone, keep up the good work mate, you're well liked around here and bring plenty of good here yourself.
are we in any leagues together?
TheSonsOfAnarchy
Love ya Tbone! Keep it up!
Cheers Lekdog, you’re a champ mate!
Cheers fellas, really appreciate all the kind words! Love being around here, may we all survive this crazy period and thrive doing so
Worsfold guaranteed last week's debutant Sam Draper would play but was unable to confirm Tom Bellchambers would hold his place.
The veteran played mostly as a key forward alongside the returning James Stewart last week as the Bombers managed just three goals despite winning the inside 50 count 42-37.
Worsfold added that he would weigh up playing tagger Dylan Clarke for the first time this season to quell the influence of the Giants' star-studded midfield.
Ruscoe to play 1st game for pies
C on Gawn or Grundy?
VC on Gawn. If he spuds, then by all means, C on Grundy. Captain's loophole strategy. Important part of the game.
I’ve got VC on Danger
OK, you know how to play the C loophole strategy. I take that back mate. Geez, that is a tough call. Gawn playing with this niggle. If he shrugs it off, then he could pump out a big one. If he does struggle, you burn. Grundy might be safer as he does not appear to be playing with any niggle or injury. Up against Callum Sinclair who wont bother him. Grundy for mine! Good luck mate. TH
No Cameron
And neither Cameron or Cox are on the emergency list. That tells me the pies expect Grundy to play, and with plenty of time on the ball.
ok…..it was bound to happen at some point. Forgot the Cats/Roos match started early. Trade plans out the window.
Cooking up a plan B
Same here! Was planning to snare Tom Stewart but because the game starting at 3.40 PM here in WA, work got in the way and couldnt get it done. No major drama as Stewart has been average so far.
Well done with the VC on Clarry Derek
Yeah nice pick Derek!
Had him VC but thought it best not to risk missing Gawn if he went massive :(((
I wasn't expecting Max to get his usual big score after his injury scare. I've learn't that your first hunch is usually the right one, don't over think it.